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Faireyi^ B. and G., and ? E. p'oxima^ B. and G. This 

 species is at once recognized by its more slender body and 

 long tail, and by a white spot in front of the eye. 



Tlie Corresponding Secretary read the following letters 

 recently received, viz. : — 



From the Kaiserllche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Octo- 

 ber 4, 1861 ; the Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Associa- 

 tion, November, 1861; the Portland Society of Natm-al History, Feb- 

 ruary 12, 1862, acknowledging the receipt of the Society's publications; 

 the Konigliche Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, December 

 2, 1861, acknowledging the same, and presenting various publications ; 

 Verein fiir Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau, August 1, 1861; 

 Konigliche Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften, August 31, 

 1861; Royal University of Norway, October 26, 1861, presenting 

 various publications ; Pollichia zu Durckheim, May 22, 1860, and OiFen- 

 bacher Verein fiir Naturkunde, July 1861, presenting their publica- 

 tions and desiring an exchange. 



Milton Andros, Esq., of Boston, and Dr. H. J. Gate, of 

 Framingham, were elected Resident Members. 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Janxxary 1. Insects, crustaceans, fish, a snake, and a specimen of the wild 

 potato from the island of St. Lorenzo, opposite Callao, Peru, by Dr. C. F. 

 Winslow. Hair-ball from the stomach of a steer, by Mr. B. F. Penniman. 

 Skin of a monkey from Africa, by Mr. Kilby Page. 



January 15. A valuable collection of objects of Natural History, and speci- 

 mens of the manufactures of the East Indian and Pacific people, by the Bos- 

 ton Marine Society; a large number of foreign mollusca, two echini, and tooth 

 of a sperm whale, by Mrs. Charles Torrey; a skate, and strip of manati hide 

 from the south side of Cuba, by Mr. S. E. Guild; specimens of HeliastrcBa 

 from Silver Cay, off Turks Island, attached to articles from the wreck of a ves- 

 sel supposed to be the British frigate Severn (lost here in 1793), together with 

 the log-book of the vessel which obtained them, by Messrs. Sampson & Tappan. 



February 19. Specimens of wild rice (Zizania aquaiica) from Lake 

 Superior, by Dr. C. T. Jackson; copper from Lake Superior, by Horatio Bige- 

 low, Esq. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 1862. 



Memoires pour servir a I'Histoire Naturelle des Petrifications. 4to. La 

 Haye, 1742. From Dr. Geo. Rassdl. 



Agriculture of Massachusetts. By C. L. Flint. Boston. 8vo. S vols. 1858-60. 

 From C. L. Flint, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 



